Megadeth enters the Billboard charts with ‘Dystopia’

Heavy metal cornerstone Megadeth scores its first No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums chart (dated Feb. 13) with Dystopia, its 15th studio album. The set arrives with 48,000 copies sold, according to Nielsen Music, the band’s best sales start in nearly a decade; 2007’s United Abominations launched with 54,000.

Dystopia is also Megadeth’s third No. 1 on Hard Rock Albums, following  2009’s Endgame and 2011’s Th1rt3en. The new album begins at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, marking the Dave Mustaine-led outfit’s top peak since Countdown to Extinction reached No. 2 in 1992. (The rock-specific album charts originated in 2006.)

Meanwhile, Dystopia’s eponymous lead single debuts on Mainstream Rock Songs at No. 37, becoming the band’s 21st hit on the airplay ranking and first in four years, since “Public Enemy No. 1,” which peaked at No. 28 in January 2012.

Source: Billboard